--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Beyond all these differences, there are two features which are > common to all fundamentalist religious movements: one, that they > claim their version of religion to be the only true one, and feel > threatened by pluralist systems of thought; two, that they use > political means to impose their version of the truth on all members > of their religion . . . Fundamentalist movements, all over the > world, are basically political movements which have a religious > imperative and seek in various ways, in widely differing > circumstances, to harness modern state and media powers to the > service of their gospel. (p.4) > > > > > OMG!!! That sounds just like TMO!!!
******** An historian who studied the relationship between politics and religion and published a book about it within the past few years (sorry, details forgotten) observed that when politics and religion get together, they both sufferbut religion suffers the most. L B S To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
